Title:
You are Invited to Join The South Campus Community Ministry
Creator:
Berkeley Free Church
Subject:
Berkeley Free Church (Berkeley, Calif.)
Non-institutional churches--California--Berkeley (Calif.)
Interdenominational cooperation--California--Berkeley (Calif.)
Hippies
Religious groups
Nineteen sixties
Referral centers (Information services) -- California -- Berkeley
Description:
Flier describing the South Campus Community Ministry and soliciting assistance from volunteers and supporters. Richard York
brought in Glee Bishop, who had social work experience, to manage the services that were needed. She set up the switchboard
and began to address the problems that the Free Church initially faced-- runaways, health and drug issues, shelter, and food.
In a sermon in September 1967, York described his ministry by recounting a few individual stories: "I know a young man who
has taken over one hundred cough drops and is standing on the street convulsing and foaming at the mouth from the overdose...I
know a girl who is pregnant, unmarried, needs surgery, hasn't eaten in two days and has no place top sleep...I know 80 kids
a night who come to us, with no place to sleep, except in a public park where they are in danger of arrest." The Free Church's
assistance with runaways won support and appreciation from local and regional church officials. These services were later
taken over by other agencies.
Publisher:
Graduate Theological Union;
Contributor:
York, Richard L.;
Date:
1967
1967
Type:
text;
Format:
Flier; 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm.);
Identifier:
GTU_007
GTU 89-5-016;
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Berkeley (Calif.)
Rights:
Public domain;
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
You are Invited to Join The South Campus Community Ministry